Bounty Hunter 4 inch Gold Nugget Search Coil

I purchased this product about six months ago and have been perpetually using it since then! Even though my Bounty Hunter 4 detector came with a different search coil, I have been using this one instead. It really helps one to quickly narrow down (pinpoint) where the metal item is in the ground. With this coil, I have found items as far down as eight inches in the ground. Technically, it isn't supposed to be able to detect this far, but it does!

Simply stated, it's a good product! If you can, get it.

The descriptions here state that this coil is compatible with "All models of Bounty Hunter Detectors." If you bought the awesome Gold Digger Metal Detector here on Amazon, then picked up this little nugget coil, you'll be disappointed to learn that the new little coil has a plug attachment, whereas the Gold Digger has a permanently wired large coil. In other words, you can't attach the nugget coil to that model of Bounty Hunter as claimed! We are the authors of the Prospector's Bible and run the Become a Prospector dot com site and review many detectors for our members, as well as the Gold Prospectors and Miners Assn (GPMAA dot org). To give a positive balance to this compatibility problem, the Gold Digger Detector itself, for between $60 and $80 here on Amazon, and eligible for Prime free shipping, is comparable to $1,000 plus detectors if... Read more

I am most interested in using my metal detector for hunting minerals that are conductive, like pyrite and galena. I bought a bounty hunter tracker 4, and was rather disappointed in the performance. For example, looking for pyrite, the specimens needed to be rather large - greater than one and a half inches (along one dimension - they could be thinner, though) to be detected. However, I then put this coil on the detector and WHOA! I could then find cubes that were as small as 1/2"!! That's amazing detectability from such an inexpensive instrument.
For those of you unfamiliar, minerals are inherently higher resistance than plain metals, and are therefore harder to detect - you need a larger sample to create a response.
Since the coil is smaller, its depth range is much less, so this is mainly for finding smaller items near the surface.
With this coil I can find some rather small metal objects too! Objects like a sewing needle. So, yes, this thing can help... Read more